Big Sur, California, USA

Sunday, January 28, 2024

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Big Sur, California, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:11 AM

7:11 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:58 AM, 47 min after sunrise

6:44 AM Blue hour
7:11 AM Sunrise
7:48 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:28 PM

5:28 PM

Behind the mountains at 4:04 PM, 84 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.

4:51 PM Golden hour
5:28 PM Sunset
5:56 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-12

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 9:57 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Heading away from you
When
9:57 PM
Highest around 10:00 PM
Distance
132 mi
Climbs to
13°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

Moon

Waning gibbous

92% lit

8:27 PM – 9:24 AM

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8:27 PM Moonrise
8:47 PM 4°
2:58 AM Highest, 60°
9:04 AM 4°
9:24 AM Moonset

Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:44 AM–7:11 AM
  • Sunrise 7:11 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:11 AM–7:48 AM
  • Morning best color 7:12 AM
  • Moonset 9:01 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:51 PM–5:28 PM
  • Sunset 5:28 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:28 PM–5:56 PM
  • Fully dark 6:57 PM–5:42 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:57 PM–8:27 PM
  • Moonrise 8:27 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Big Sur, California, USA

International Space Station Brilliant pass, SW to NE, 67 deg up
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:01 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:31 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:31 PM International Space Station Modest pass, WNW to NNW, 16 deg up
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:52 PM Leonids Around 11 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:28 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-317 Marginal, look SSE
Tue 17 Nov 2026 7:14 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 8:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 54.1% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 8:21 AM Total lunar eclipse 48% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 1:27 PM Partial solar eclipse 34.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:20 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Partial solar eclipse 3.5% of the Sun covered
Sun 2 Sep 2035 7:33 PM Total lunar eclipse 45% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 7.2% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 11:41 AM Partial solar eclipse 81.6% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:05 PM Partial solar eclipse 88.4% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:17 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it